Gann is transferred to Natal, Brazil, where he lives in a house alongside Keim. The atmosphere is hot, humid, and intensely unpleasant, and the house is full of all manner of insects and other vermin. Gann and Keim sack in their bunks, sweat, crack wise, and reminisce of better times and better weather. Gann tells Keim about his most recent long-distance flight but leaves out some salient details, which are later noted in the chapter.

Gann had flown a plane packed full of newly printed Chinese cash. Leaving Natal, Brazil, he had flow to Ascension Island; then Accra on the Gold Coast; then to Kano...